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date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many libraries have faced the prospect of closure or being run by volunteer groups in the period (a) 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014 and (b) since 1 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	217670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>DCMS monitors proposals by Local Authorities for any changes to their library service provision however we do not collect information on the specific number of libraries that face the prospect of closure or run by volunteer groups. Our estimate of static library closures, for the period 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014, based on consulting a number of sources is around 20.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/12/2014 17:39:31 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 33093 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

168627

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the Sieghart report on the public library service.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	217669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>As I stated at the Westminster Hall debate on 19 November about Public Libraries (England), we intend to publish the Independent Library Report in the next few weeks.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/12/2014 13:31:42 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant